DATE=  10/7/97

TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT

NUMBER=2-220953

TITLE=ALBRIGHT-NATO (S)

BYLINE=RON PEMSTEIN

DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT

CONTENT=

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INTRO:   THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HAS HELD THE 

FIRST OF SIX HEARINGS ON THE WISDOM OF EXPANDING NATO BY ADDING 

POLAND,  HUNGARY AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC.  V-O-A'S CORRESPONDENT 

RON PEMSTEIN REPORTS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT. SECRETARY OF 

STATE ALBRIGHT REASSURED THE COMMITTEE ABOUT THE COSTS.



TEXT:   SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN JESSE HELMS 

SAYS AMERICAN ALLIES IN EUROPE WANT THE UNITED STATES TO PAY THE 

BIGGEST SHARE OF THE COST OF ADDING NEW MEMBERS TO NATO.



                         ///HELMS ACT///



     NOW MADAM SECRETARY, RATIFICATION OF NATO EXPANSION BY THE 

UNITED STATE SENATE MAY VERY WELL SUCCEED OR FAIL ON THE QUESTION

OF WHETHER YOU CAN DISSUADE OUR ALLIES OF THAT NOTION.



                          ///END ACT///



SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT ASSURED THE COMMITTEE NATO 

ENLARGEMENT WILL BE AFFORDABLE FOR THE UNITED STATES WHEN THE 

ALLIANCE AGREES ON THE COST OF ADDING POLAND, HUNGARY AND THE 

CZECH REPUBLIC.



                        //ALBRIGHT ACT///



     I WILL INSIST THAT OUR OLD ALLIES SHARE THIS BURDEN FAIRLY.



                          ///END ACT///



THIS WAS THE FIRST OF SIX HEARINGS BY THE COMMITTEE. THE FULL 

SENATE WILL VOTE ON RATIFICATION OF THE NATO TREATY NEXT YEAR. 

(SIGNED)



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07-Oct-97 2:51 PM EDT (1851 UTC)

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Source: Voice of America

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